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Restaurateur, host club manager nabbed for pimping

A female Naha restaurant owner and a host club manager from Osaka were arrested Sunday for forcing the club managerís girlfriend into prostitution in order to pay his debts to the restaurant owner.

The host club manager is facing charges of breaking employment and prostitution prevention laws. The restaurant owner is accused of breaking the prostitution prevention law for allegedly arranging for the woman to use her restaurant as a pickup point, and then collecting the cash the woman made to pay back debts the host club manager owed her.

The two were arrested after the 23-year-old woman became desperate and contacted the police for help. Investigators say that the woman worked for about a month from August to September before she finally contacted the police.